smicati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From s- +‎ micati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smît͡sati/
• Hyphenation: smi‧ca‧ti

Verb

smȉcati impf (Cyrillic spelling сми̏цати)

1. (transitive) to suddenly remove, take off (hat, mask etc.)
2. (transitive) to execute (kill by authorities or military)

Conjugation

Conjugation of smicati

Infinitive: smicati		Present verbal adverb: smȉčūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: smȉcānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		smičem	smičeš	smiče	smičemo	smičete	smiču
Future	Future I	smicat ću1 smicaću	smicat ćeš1 smicaćeš	smicat će1 smicaće	smicat ćemo1 smicaćemo	smicat ćete1 smicaćete	smicat će1 smicaće
	Future II	bȕdēm smicao2	bȕdēš smicao2	bȕdē smicao2	bȕdēmo smicali2	bȕdēte smicali2	bȕdū smicali2
Past	Perfect	smicao sam2	smicao si2	smicao je2	smicali smo2	smicali ste2	smicali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam smicao2	bȉo si smicao2	bȉo je smicao2	bíli smo smicali2	bíli ste smicali2	bíli su smicali2
	Imperfect	smicah	smicaše	smicaše	smicasmo	smicaste	smicahu
Conditional I		smicao bih2	smicao bi2	smicao bi2	smicali bismo2	smicali biste2	smicali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih smicao2	bȉo bi smicao2	bȉo bi smicao2	bíli bismo smicali2	bíli biste smicali2	bíli bi smicali2
Imperative		—	smiči	—	smičimo	smičite	—
Active past participle		smicao m / smicala f / smicalo n			smicali m / smicale f / smicala n
Passive past participle		smican m / smicana f / smicano n			smicani m / smicane f / smicana n
1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic. 2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively. 3   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped. 4   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.   *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Related terms

• smàknuti / smȁći pf